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No. 623,768. Patented Apr. 25, I899.

P. s. 600K.

SMOKEBS TRAY. (Application filed Jan. 26, 1899.)

(No Model.)

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UNTTED STATES PATENT QFFTQEQ PERCY S. COOK, OF NElV YORK, N. Y.

SMOKERS TRAY.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 623,768, dated April 25, 1899.

Application filed January 26, 1899. fienal No. 703,503. \No model.)

To a whont it may concern;

Be it known that I, PERCY S. CooK, of the city of New York, borough of Manhattan, in the county and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Smokers Tray, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The object of my invention is to provide a tray so constructed that ashes deposited at the margin will be directed to a well which is usually in the nature of a chamber extending from end to end and from side to side of the tray.

A further object of the invention is to provide a match-receptacle adapted to receive loose matches or a pedestal capable of holding boxes of matches of diii'erent sizes in an upright position.

Another object of the invention is to provide a match-receptacle with rests or receivers arranged to hold or-support cigars in any stage of use and direct the ashes from the cigar to the said tray. v

The invention consists in the novel construction andcon'ibination of the several parts, as will be hereinafter fully set forth, and pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is aside elevation of theimproved tray. Fig. 2 is a plan View of the same. Fig. 3 is a transverse vertical section taken on the line 3 3 of Fig. 2, and Fig. 4 is a detail plan view of the pedestal adapted to be fitted into the match-receptacle. V

The body A of the tray is usually of oval form; but it maybe of other shape, if desired, and the said body A is provided with an interior chamber A, that is adapted to receive ashes. The body A of the tray is further provided at each side of a central transverse line with a bay extension 10, and the inner upper surface of the body Ais provided with a downward inclination 1l,whichinclination extends to the bay extension 10, as shown in Fig. 2, whereby any ashes that are deposited at the upper edge of the body A will be directed immediately to the receivingchambe r A.

Preferably the outer surfaces 13 of the bay extensions 10 are roughened, and said bay extensions at each side of the body are connected by a roughened surface 14; but it will be understood that the bay extensions may be exteriorly smooth. \Vhen roughened,however,

their outer surfaces may be utilized as a surface upon which to strike matches,as also may the connecting-surface 14. Preferably roughened surfaces 12 are formed upon the exterior of the body, near the bottom, at each end portion, over which matches may be drawn in order to ignite them.

.In connection with the body A a receptacle B is employed, adapted to receive matches. This receptacle is provided with angular legs 16 at opposite sides, and the said legs are arranged to be received in recesses 15, produced in the body A, as shown in Fig. 3. At opposite sides of the receptacle l3 receivers O are formed, said receivers being adapted to receive a cigar or a fragment of a cigar. The receiters O are upwardly curved and are 1011- gitudin ally concaved, as shown by the dotted lines 17 in'Fig. 3, and preferably the saidre- .ceivers or receiving-surfaces for the cigars are so formed at their outer ends as to direct ashes from the cigars-placed upon them to the chamber A; and in order that ashes from the fragment of a cigar may be directed to the chamber A each receiver O is provided with a recess 18 between its ends, preferably at the center, as shown in Fig. 2, and the surfaces of the receivers adjacent to the said recesses may be and preferably are so curved as todirect the ashes into the aforesaid chamher A.

The receptacle B, which is adapted to receive matches, is preferably provided with a removable pedestal D. This pedestal D is of less dimensions at its upper surface than at its base, and the base of the pedestal is of such dimensions and of such shape thatit will fit neatly into the receptacle B when introduced therein. The reduction of the upper portion 20 of the pedestal is such that when the pedestal-is in the receptacle B a space 21 is formed between the upper reduced portion of the pedestal and the inner face of the receptacle B, the said space 21 being of such size as to receive the edges of a box of matches that may be introduced into the said receptacle. The base 19 of the pedestal D is also preferably provided with grooves or reeesses 22, the space between the grooves or recesses being less than the distance between the edges of the normally upper portion of the said pedestal. 3y this construction of pedestal it may be reversed and the bottom portion 19 of the pedestal, through the medium of the grooves 22, will receive and hold a box of matches of less dimensions than a box that is to be .received by the normally upper portion of said pedestal.

The upper portion of the receptacle B at opposite sides is more or less concave or cut away in order that a necessary space of the striking-surfaces of a box containing safetymatches may be exposed, upon which the matches contained in the box may be struck.

The recesses 18 in the cigar-rest facilitate the manipulation of the cigar, and the recesses 1S serve to divide each rest into minor rests, so that any length of cigar can be accommodated and the ashes in all cases be directed to the tray.

It will be observed by reference to Fig. that that part of the pedestal designed to receive an ordinary match-box is of greater elevation or thickness than that part intended to receive a smallerbox, so that when the pedestal is reversed to receive a small box the said box is so elevated that a portion of its scratching-surface will be exposed.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. A smokers tray, consisting ofa body provided with an interior chamber open at the top, the upper marginal portion of the body being inclined in direction of the said chamber, and a match-receptacle removably supported upon the said body, the match-receptacle having receivers at opposite sides, adapted to hold a cigar or a fragment of a cigar, each receiver being provided with a concaved bottom surface and with a recess in its upper edge, as and for the purpose specifled.

2. A smokers tray consisting of'a body provided with an interior chamber and with bay extensions at opposite sides, the said bay ex tensions being one at each side of a central line drawn transversely through the said body, the upper edge of the body being inclined downwardly in direction of the chamber in said body, the said body being further provided with recesses between the bay extensions at each of its sides, and a match-receiver provided with legs adapted to enter the recesses in the body, said match-receptacle having receivers at opposite sides, said receivers being curved in an upwardly direc tion, their bottom portions being concaved, and each receiver being provided with a recess in its outer edge, substantially as shown and described.

3. The combination, with a body provided with a chamber and an inclined margin, the inclination of the margin leading to the said chamber, said body at opposite sides being provided with recesses, of a match-receptacle having legs adapted to enter the recesses in the body, said match-receptacle having receiving-sections at opposite sides which are upwardly curved and provided with a concaved bottom, and a pedestal removably located in the said match-receptacle, the said pedestal being adapted to receive match-boxes of different sizes, as described.

t. The combination, with a tray adapted to receive ashes, of a match-receptacle carried by the tray, the said match-receptacle being provided with a cigar-rest having a recess between its ends dividing the rest into minor parts, whereby the rest will accommodate an entire cigar or a fragment of a cigar, the said rest being so constructed that the ashes from the cigar will be directed to the tray, as described.

5. The combination, with a tray, ofa matchreeeptacle carried by the tray, and a pedestal one portion of which is fitted to the interior of said receptacle, one face of the pedestal being provided with a marginal recess and the other face with a groove adapted to receive a match-box, whereby the match-receptacle may be made to accommodate matchboxes of different sizes, and whereby a small box may be utilized to the same advantage as a box of ordinary size, as described.

PERCY S. COOK.

Witnesses:

J. FRED. ACKER, EVERARD BOLTON MARsHALL. 

